Preface

Abstract

These proceedings are the output of the 6th International Conference of Indonesia Forestry Researchers - Stream 1 Emerging Environmental Quality for Better Living (INAFOR 2021 Stream 1) that was organised virtually by the Center for Standardization of Environmental Quality Instruments, Agency for Standardization of Environment and Forestry Instruments, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesia on 08 September 2021. The conference was held during the pandemic of covid-19, and due to the international and national travel restriction, the conference was carried out via online platform.The conference presented and discussed the current environmental issues in Indonesia including monitoring of environmental pollution, role of environmental laboratory and set up national standard of environmental monitoring; circular economy and environmental quality management by businesses and relevant activities; mercury pollution, progress of National Action Plan for mercury reduction and elimination as a part of the ratification of Minamata Convention on Mercury; medical wastes and disposal concerning Covid-19 pandemic and antibiotically resistance; domestic waste, hazardous and poisonous materials and wastes; restoration and remediation of contaminated lands; and freshwater litters.The conference arranged into two sessions; they were oral presentations from keynote speakers in the plenary session and scholar presenters in the parallel session. In the first session, the keynote speakers were each allocated 25-30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for panel discussion (Q and A). There were four international keynote speakers contributed to the plenary session. Firstly, Prof. Dr. Satoshi Murao represented Daiichi Institute of Technology, Japan, talked about Mercury Reduction from Artisanal Gold Mining Sector. Secondly, Prof. Dr. Seca Gandaseca from University Putra Malaysia presented Water Quality of Tropical Forest Ecosystems. Thirdly, the Director for Performance Evaluation of Hazardous Waste and Non-Hazardous Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesia discussed The Regulation of Covid-19 Medical Waste Management in Indonesia. The last, Dr. Nur Sumedi, S.Pi., M.P., as Acting Secretary of Agency for Standardization of Environment and Forestry Instruments, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic of Indonesia discussed The Role of Science and Technology to Support the Improvement of Environmental Quality. In the parallel session, selected papers were presented by scholars in 10 minutes, and followed by 5 minutes discussion. The parallel session was divided into four different meeting room. Two rooms discussed the topic of anthropogenic pressure on environment and COVID-19 related mitigation: one room talked water quality of various ecosystems and another room conferred mercury, lead, and persistent organic pollutants (POPS) contamination. The conference was successfully run via a “Zoom” application meeting. At the plenary session, all participants joined in a plenary meeting “zoom” room. After this session, the participants were then assigned into a “breakout” room based on their academic or professional background. Finally, they re-joined the plenary room for the wrap up and closing ceremony. Lastly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the organizing committee and the members of reviewers for their kind assistance in reviewing the papers. We also thank to the chairman, scientific committees, keynote speakers, and all participants. We greatly thanks to the publisher for publishing the selected papers. We are looking forward to the next collaboration.List of Editors are available in this pdf.